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Species Ponometia fasciatella - Hodges#9102

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Acontiinae (Bird Dropping Moths)
Tribe Acontiini
Genus Ponometia
Species fasciatella (Ponometia fasciatella - Hodges#9102 )
Hodges Number
9102
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ponometia fasciatella (Grote(1), 1875)
Spragueia fasciatella Grote, 1875
Fruva fasciatella
Phylogenetic sequence # 931329 (2)
Size
Wingspan about 17 mm.
Range
South Carolina to Florida(3) to Texas.(4)
Poole(5) states the population from Arizona(6) may be a unique species.
Print References
Grote(1), A. R. 1875. Lepidopterological observations. The Canadian Entomologist 7(12): 225